Through this comprehensive standards review initiative, we will (item 8) Integrate technology throughout all the content areas.The influence of technology has extended to the types of texts (multimedia) as well as the uses of those texts. While “new literacy” requires an even higher degree of “old literacy,” there are new skills that are required. To this end, one proposal is to add two new categories, PRESENTING and VIEWING. PRESENTING involves selecting, synthesizing, and organizing information to convey a message. Conversely, VIEWING is the obverse of presenting. VIEWING involves comprehending, critically examining, and making use of the information in a presentation. These are not limited to technology, but technology has changed the ways in which information has been presented and viewed. The most obvious variable is the inclusion of multimedia elements in documents. For other ways in which technology has affected literacy, one needs to look no further than search for information on the internet.
In collaboration with several content area organizations, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills developed a series of ICT Literacy Maps illustrating the intersection between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy and core academic subjects including English, mathematics, science and social studies (civics/government, geography, economics, history). The maps enable educators to gain concrete examples of how ICT Literacy can be integrated into core subjects, while making the teaching and learning of core subjects more relevant to the demands of the 21st century.
Today, the NCTE definition of 21st century literacies makes it clear that further evolution of curriculum, assessment, and teaching practice itself is necessary. Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. These literacies—from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms—are multiple, dynamic, and malleable. As in the past, they are inextricably linked with particular histories, life possibilities, and social trajectories of individuals and groups. Twenty-first century readers and writers need to • Develop proficiency with the tools of technology • Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally • Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes • Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information • Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multimedia texts • Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments
"Learning Activity Profiles" based the National Educational Technology Standards. Technology Mentors within ICSD (Spring 2008) have added examples to illustrate particular classroom connections.
"The C's of Change": An Extended Interview with Members of the New Literacies Research Lab
NYS-ISTE Crosswalk: Technology Standards in one column, NYS Standards in another. Match them for integration.
**Connecticut District Tosses Algebra Textbooks and Goes Online**(The New York Times) -Frustrated math teachers in Westport, Conn., decided to rewrite the district's algebra curriculum, limiting it to about half of the 90 concepts typically covered in a high school course.
**California Schools See Distant Digital Future**(Sacramento Bee)- Teachers and textbook techies, take note. The state is reviewing digital versions of textbooks that could be used in high school math and science classes next year.
10/7/09 U.S. Tops IT Competitiveness; Finland No. 2 (BusinessWeek) The US is 1st in an annual ranking of 66 countries in IT competitiveness, but it lags in research and development and a high-tech infrastructure.
11/05/09 See a 5th Classroom Using Cellphone Computers to do interactive project-based activities!
[ALLOW ABOUT 3 MIN FOR THE DOWNLOAD] Windows Media Player Video (32 megs) :: QuickTime Player Video (40 megs)
11/13/09 **Is Your District Going Global?** As the 21st-century world gets flatter, districts across the nation are building more internationally oriented curricula and programs.More...
11/18/09 **How to fix the STEM education 'crisis'**
According to experts ranging from White House advisors to leading education organizations, the state of math and science instruction in the United States is in crisis--and only a major overhaul of the U.S. education system will get the nation back on track.
11/24/09 **Remarks by President Obama on STEM** (Daily Kos) President Obama officially launched an "Educate to Innovate" campaign to engage and improve the performance of America’s students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
**Mobile Devices in the Classroom**(DistrictAdministration.com) Phones, netbooks and iPods are finding a place in the curriculum and expanding student access to technology.
12/15/09 Alabama District Implements SMART Mobile County Public Schools and has installed more than 1,500 SMART Board interactive whiteboards in its classrooms.
12/17/2009
"...we in the process of transforming (not just revising) our curriculum to work in a world that looks (metaphorically, at least) like this:
I wonder how many educators look at that picture and think “OMG, puhleeeese let me teach in that classroom!” (I suspect not many.) I wonder how many of them already do teach in classrooms that look like that if we consider the technology in kids pockets (or lockers) as the access point. (I suspect, more than you think.) The problem is, and I can guarantee you this, 95% of the curriculum currently being delivered in those classrooms would waste 95% of the potential in the room that we could glean from that access.
All too often we get hung up on the technology question, not the curriculum question. Here in New Jersey, every district has to submit a three year “Technology Plan” and as you can guess, most of them are about how many Smart Boards to install or how wireless access will be expanded. Very, very little of it is about how curriculum changes when we have anytime, anywhere learning with anyone in the world. Why aren’t we planning for that?
So I’m asking. When do we stop trying to fight the inevitable and start thinking about how to embrace it? Or, as Doug Johnson so eloquently suggests, when are we gonna saddle this horse and ride it? (Source)
2/3/10 **Students to Help Teachers Better Use Tech**(School Library Journal) The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) believes that when it comes to technology training, we should look no further than a terrific resource already in the classroom—students.More...
Major textbook publishers have struck deals with software company ScrollMotion Inc. to adapt their textbooks for the electronic page, as the industry embraces a hope that digital devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPad will transform the classroom.
6/7/10
P21 is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student. P21 and its members provide tools and resources to help the U.S. education system keep up by fusing the three Rs and four Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation). Learn more at www.p21.org.
NYS Standards Review Working Principles 7-17-08
Through this comprehensive standards review initiative, we will (item 8) Integrate technology throughout all the content areas. The influence of technology has extended to the types of texts (multimedia) as well as the uses of those texts. While “new literacy” requires an even higher degree of “old literacy,” there are new skills that are required. To this end, one proposal is to add two new categories, PRESENTING and VIEWING. PRESENTING involves selecting, synthesizing, and organizing information to convey a message. Conversely, VIEWING is the obverse of presenting. VIEWING involves comprehending, critically examining, and making use of the information in a presentation. These are not limited to technology, but technology has changed the ways in which information has been presented and viewed. The most obvious variable is the inclusion of multimedia elements in documents. For other ways in which technology has affected literacy, one needs to look no further than search for information on the internet.The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - ICT Literacy Maps
In collaboration with several content area organizations, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills developed a series of ICT Literacy Maps illustrating the intersection between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy and core academic subjects including English, mathematics, science and social studies (civics/government, geography, economics, history). The maps enable educators to gain concrete examples of how ICT Literacy can be integrated into core subjects, while making the teaching and learning of core subjects more relevant to the demands of the 21st century.National Council of Teachers of English: 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment Framework
Today, the NCTE definition of 21st century literacies makes it clear that further evolution of curriculum, assessment, and teaching practice itself is necessary.Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. These literacies—from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms—are multiple, dynamic, and malleable. As in the past, they are inextricably linked with particular histories, life possibilities, and social trajectories of individuals and groups. Twenty-first century readers and writers need to
• Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
• Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and
cross-culturally
• Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of
purposes
• Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous
information
• Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multimedia texts
• Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments
ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) & NYS Education Department
ISTE Standards for Students
ISTE Student Profiles
"The C's of Change": An Extended Interview with Members of the New Literacies Research Lab
NYS-ISTE Crosswalk: Technology Standards in one column, NYS Standards in another. Match them for integration.
ICSD Technology Literacy Standards (K-8)
Senate bill supports 21st-century skills
Bipartisan measure would give states matching funds to develop progressive curricula
**Connecticut District Tosses Algebra Textbooks and Goes Online** (The New York Times) -Frustrated math teachers in Westport, Conn., decided to rewrite the district's algebra curriculum, limiting it to about half of the 90 concepts typically covered in a high school course.
**California Schools See Distant Digital Future**(Sacramento Bee)- Teachers and textbook techies, take note. The state is reviewing digital versions of textbooks that could be used in high school math and science classes next year.
10/7/09 U.S. Tops IT Competitiveness; Finland No. 2 (BusinessWeek) The US is 1st in an annual ranking of 66 countries in IT competitiveness, but it lags in research and development and a high-tech infrastructure.
11/05/09 See a 5th Classroom Using Cellphone Computers to do interactive project-based activities!
[ALLOW ABOUT 3 MIN FOR THE DOWNLOAD]
Windows Media Player Video (32 megs) :: QuickTime Player Video (40 megs)
11/13/09 **Is Your District Going Global?**
As the 21st-century world gets flatter, districts across the nation are building more internationally oriented curricula and programs. More...
11/18/09 **How to fix the STEM education 'crisis'**
According to experts ranging from White House advisors to leading education organizations, the state of math and science instruction in the United States is in crisis--and only a major overhaul of the U.S. education system will get the nation back on track.
11/24/09 **Remarks by President Obama on STEM** (Daily Kos)
President Obama officially launched an "Educate to Innovate" campaign to engage and improve the performance of America’s students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
**Mobile Devices in the Classroom** (DistrictAdministration.com)
Phones, netbooks and iPods are finding a place in the curriculum and expanding student access to technology.
11/25/09
Mobile Devices at a Glance
Learn the various mobile tools.
Why Teachers Must Go Mobile
A former teacher turned mobile phone expert encourages teachers to use cell phones in lessons.
The New Writing Pedagogy
Using social networking tools to keep up with student interests.
12/11/09
R2D2: A model for using technology in education 'Read, Reflect, Display, and Do' can help instructors leverage the internet's potential to help students learn.
12/14/09
Other governments are "Going Google," too - not just L.A.
12/15/09
Alabama District Implements SMART
Mobile County Public Schools and has installed more than 1,500 SMART Board interactive whiteboards in its classrooms.
12/17/2009
"...we in the process of transforming (not just revising) our curriculum to work in a world that looks (metaphorically, at least) like this:
All too often we get hung up on the technology question, not the curriculum question. Here in New Jersey, every district has to submit a three year “Technology Plan” and as you can guess, most of them are about how many Smart Boards to install or how wireless access will be expanded. Very, very little of it is about how curriculum changes when we have anytime, anywhere learning with anyone in the world. Why aren’t we planning for that?
So I’m asking. When do we stop trying to fight the inevitable and start thinking about how to embrace it? Or, as Doug Johnson so eloquently suggests, when are we gonna saddle this horse and ride it? (Source)
1/25/2010
Bill Gates Goes to Sundance, Offers an Education
A new documentary, "Waiting For Superman," looks at what Gates and Guggenheim say is a U.S. public school system in shambles.
1/26/2010
**Kids Connecting With Adults Online:**
Teaching students how to learn with adults from around the world More...
2/3/10
**Students to Help Teachers Better Use Tech**(School Library Journal)
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) believes that when it comes to technology training, we should look no further than a terrific resource already in the classroom—students. More...
**Textbook Firms Ink E-Deals For iPad** (Wall Street Journal)
- Major textbook publishers have struck deals with software company ScrollMotion Inc. to adapt their textbooks for the electronic page, as the industry embraces a hope that digital devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPad will transform the classroom.
4/12/1021st Century Skills Maps
- **Geography Map** (2009)
- **Science Map** (2009)
- **Social Studies**/**B&W version of Social Studies Map** (2008)
- **English**/**B&W version of English Map** (2008)
ICT Literacy Maps:6/7/10
P21 is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student. P21 and its members provide tools and resources to help the U.S. education system keep up by fusing the three Rs and four Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation). Learn more at www.p21.org.
NEW 12-17-10
Here you will find many more videos which Roger Sevilla presented at an ICSD Curriculum Chairs Meeting in October.http://icsdcurriculumchairs.wikispaces.com/videos